The Paul Hynes SR7

[Dev]

There are a lot of similar carbon fiber IEC/Plug on ebay - some good and some bad. One friend compared a bunch of them. Chris (PcX) probably sources them from the same place where these are made. I have bought from this seller and they don't sound bad but not same as the NCF.

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Carbon-Fiber-Rhodium-Plated-US-Power-Plug-Power-Connector-IEC-Plug/203190267854?hash=item2f4f156fce:g:jCoAAOSw8oFX0Qz1

 

[Dev]

1 hour ago, bit01 said:

Are they knockoffs of this one?

 

https://www.partsconnexion.com/media/pdfs/FTECH-71425.pdf

 

pricey 

https://www.partsconnexion.com/FTECH-71425.html

 

 

All of them are either knockoff or replicas of the Furutech FI-50 with carbon fiber shell. For the price difference, the replicas doesn't actually sound bad. There are many cable manufacturers who uses these as well. I think its worth to try them to see if it matches better than the copper version.

[Dev]

10 minutes ago, highstream said:

Mark up on cables and their parts is enormous. I just watched a video of Steve Guttenberg interview Andy Singer, owner of Sound by Singer in NYC, where he talked about how cables are the way dealers make up the difference when customers demand big discounts on components when buying a system.  That said, I’d be careful with aliexpress, as it’s known that some of its items are counterfeit or misleadingly advertised knockoffs.

 

I agree. Some from Aliexpress actually sound pretty horrible than the ones from Ebay or PcX.